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Amanda Holden admits she "hates" Cheryl after Simon Cowell told her she was being replaced by the star on BGT.

The star's TV boss phoned the blonde presenter while taking part in Call or Delete with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw and Amanda fell for the joke hook, line and sinker, sounding flustered as she tried to come to terms with the news.

Now she claims she hates Chezza because she feels as though the whole thing is real, even though it was revealed Cowell was winding her up.

On the red carpet at yesterday's BGT press launch, she told Simon: "I hate you, it was so heartless, I can't believe you. He rang me up and said, 'Are you alone'. I said, 'No I'm in a room full of people'. He said, 'Go and be alone'."

Cowell then told her there was going to be a shake-up and he'd been speaking to ITV about having Cheryl on the show for some days instead of Amanda "for the good of the show".

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The star said: "I got off the phone and hit the mini-bar. So sorry, I'm not drunk. In reality, he wouldn't have the guts to phone me to tell me that, he'd get someone else to do it.

"I'm not joking, I still feel like part of it's real, I feel like it's some kind of nightmare and I kind of hate Cheryl Cole a bit, I'm like, 'Cheryl, don't do that to me this late on."

The prank aired today and Cowell managed to keep it together while he told his co-host it was because Cheryl was "younger" and a singer, even asking if Amanda could stay at home and "take notes".

Cowell explained: "I did wind Amanda up on the (radio) show. I told her she was being replaced for three days a week by Cheryl on the live shows because she is younger and knows more about music."

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Amanda admitted she fell for the prank but eventually saw the funny side, saying: "No she's bloody not replacing me.

"I have to say I felt really bitter about Cheryl.

"And she doesn't know anything about it."

The opening show of the BGT series features a singing dog, a 162-piece choir from Wales and a man playing a comb as an instrument in the usual mix of bonkers and brilliant TV.